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Jordan Times
22-04-2025
- Sport
- Jordan Times
Linesman hit by projectile as Saint-Etienne edge towards safety
French referee Mehdi Rahmoun (centre) looks on during the French L1 football match between AS Saint-Etienne and Olympique Lyonnais after the match was suspended at the Geoffroy-Guichard Stadium in Saint-Etienne, central France, on Sunday (AFP photo) PARIS — Saint-Etienne beat bitter rivals Lyon 2-1 on Sunday in a Ligue 1 derby overshadowed by a 45-minute interruption after an assistant referee was dazed by a projectile thrown from the crowd. Saint-Etienne stayed second from bottom but are only separated from potential safety by goal difference. Lyon fell to sixth. Two of their rivals for Champions League places, Lille and Nice, won earlier in the day. Lucas Stassin gave the hosts a 10th minute lead and then escaped a red card for a tackle on Corentin Tolisso which led to the Lyon midfielder being carried off on a stretcher. Saint-Etienne were leading 1-0 when play was interrupted in the 45th minute. Linesman Mehdi Rahmouni bent over and clutched his head on the touchline as visitors Lyon were about to take a throw at the Geoffrey-Guichard Stadium in Saint-Etienne. Referee Francois Letexier ordered the players off. After 35 minutes, Noel Mannino, the league's matchday representative, announced play would resume after Rahmouni had said he was not injured but only dazed and had taken a paracetamol tablet. 'We're going to restart the game because the assistant referee feels up to restarting,' said Mannino. Lyon fans were banned from travelling to the match between the bitter rivals. The announced attendance was 40,372 and the ground was still full as the teams reemerged. Once Rahmouni had recovered his dropped flag, play resumed. 'Operations to identify the person who threw the projectile began within a minute of the incident,' sources close to Saint-Etienne told AFP. Stassin doubled the lead after 67 minutes with a swerving drive. American Tanner Tessmann replied in the 76th minute but Saint-Etienne held out to provoke delirious celebration from their volatile fans. The incident came a few days after the French Football Federation and Ministry of the Interior said they intended to act to protect match officials at all levels of the game. Saint-Etienne have been threatened with closure of the two ends of the ground after recent 'massive use of pyrotechnic devices and verbal abuse' but the pitch was still swathed in smoke from the stands before kick-off. 'Scared' With Paris-Saint Germain already crowned champions, the also-rans are battling for European places. On Sunday afternoon, Jonathan David rediscovered his teeth, scoring twice, while goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier lost several of his in a dramatic finale as Lille beat visiting Auxerre 3-1 to climb to fourth. After Thomas Meunier and David, with his first goal since March 8, struck in the first half, Lille nursed their lead. In the second minute of added time. defender Alexsandro and Chevalier collided, the ball ended up in the back of the net with Chevalier laid out on the ground. 'We were scared,' said Lille coach Bruno Genesio, who added that Chevalier had suffered 'two or three broken teeth'. David settled Lille nerves in the seventh minute of added time. Nice beat Angers 2-1 for a first home win since February 23 and a first win anywhere since March 1. Pablo Rosario and Ali Abdi headed the hosts 2-0 up but Nice's injury-depleted defence allowed Yassin Belkhdim space to hit back. 'When you win, it's all good,' smiled Nice coach Franck Haise. 'We deserved the win, although if we could have spared ourselves a bit of stress at the end of the game.' Nice moved up to fifth, ahead of Strasbourg and Lyon on goal difference. They are just two points behind fourth-placed Lille and four behind Marseille in second. The top three in Ligue 1 qualify automatically for the Champions League, with fourth going into the preliminary rounds. Fifth place qualifies for the Europa League and sixth for the Conference League. There will be an extra Europa League place available via the league should PSG win the French Cup final next month.
The Hindu
21-04-2025
- Sport
- The Hindu
Ligue 1 match interrupted after assistant referee hit by projectile
The Ligue 1 derby between Saint-Etienne and Lyon was interrupted for 45 minutes just before half-time on Sunday after an assistant referee was hit by a projectile thrown from the crowd. The linesman, Mehdi Rahmouni bent over and clutched his head on the touchline as visitor Lyon was about to take a throw in at the Geoffrey-Guichard Stadium in Saint-Etienne. Referee Francois Letexier ordered the players off. Broadcaster DAZN reported that the officials and representatives of the clubs and the league held a meeting in the corridors of the ground with a 45-minute deadline to decide whether to resume play or abandon the match. READ | PSG moves closer to an invincible Ligue 1 season with Le Havre win After 35 minutes, Noel Mannino, the league's matchday representative, announced play would resume. According to Mannino, Rahmouni said he was not injured but dazed and took a paracetamol tablet. 'We're going to restart the game because the assistant referee feels up to restarting,' said Mannino. 'At the next incident, the match will be stopped for good.' Lyon fans were banned from travelling to the match between the bitter rivals. The announced attendance was 40,372 and the ground was still full as the teams re-emerged. Once Rahmouni had recovered his dropped flag, play resumed. After four goalless minutes of play, the referee blew for half-time and the teams trooped off again. 'It's a bit unusual,' Saint-Etienne's Leo Petrot told DAZN as he returned to the changing rooms. Saint-Etienne has been threatened with closure of the two ends of the ground after recent 'massive use of pyrotechnic devices and verbal abuse' but the pitch was still swathed in smoke from the stands before kick-off. Struggling Saint-Etienne won the match 2-1 courtesy a brace from Belgian forward Lucas Stassin.
Yahoo
20-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Linesman hit by projectile as Saint-Etienne edge toward safety
Fans let off flares ahead of the kickoff as Saint-Etienne hosted Lyon (JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK) Saint-Etienne beat bitter rivals Lyon 2-1 on Sunday in a Ligue 1 derby overshadowed by a 45-minute interruption after an assistant referee was dazed by a projectile thrown from the crowd. Saint-Etienne stayed second from bottom but are only separated from potential safety by goal difference. Advertisement Lyon fell to sixth. Two of their rivals for Champions League places, Lille and Nice, won earlier in the day. Lucas Stassin gave the hosts a 10th minute lead and then escaped a red card for a tackle on Corentin Tolisso which led to the Lyon midfielder being carried off on a stretcher. Saint-Etienne were leading 1-0 when play was interrupted in the 45th minute. Linesman Mehdi Rahmouni bent over and clutched his head on the touchline as visitors Lyon were about to take a throw at the Geoffrey-Guichard Stadium in Saint-Etienne. Referee Francois Letexier ordered the players off. After 35 minutes, Noel Mannino, the league's matchday representative, announced play would resume after Rahmouni had said he was not injured but only dazed and had taken a paracetamol tablet. Advertisement "We're going to restart the game because the assistant referee feels up to restarting," said Mannino. Lyon fans were banned from travelling to the match between the bitter rivals. The announced attendance was 40,372 and the ground was still full as the teams re-emerged. Once Rahmouni had recovered his dropped flag, play resumed. "Operations to identify the person who threw the projectile began within a minute of the incident," sources close to Saint-Etienne told AFP. Stassin doubled the lead after 67 minutes with a swerving drive. American Tanner Tessmann replied in the 76th minute but Saint-Etienne held out to provoke delirious celebration from their volatile fans. Advertisement The incident came a few days after the French Football Federation and Ministry of the Interior said they intended to act to protect match officials at all levels of the game. Saint-Etienne have been threatened with closure of the two ends of the ground after recent "massive use of pyrotechnic devices and verbal abuse" but the pitch was still swathed in smoke from the stands before kick-off. - 'Scared' - With Paris-Saint Germain already crowned champions, the also-rans are battling for European places. On Sunday afternoon, Jonathan David rediscovered his teeth, scoring twice, while goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier lost several of his in a dramatic finale as Lille beat visiting Auxerre 3-1 to climb to fourth Advertisement After Thomas Meunier and David, with his first goal since March 8, struck in the first half, Lille nursed their lead. In the second minute of added time. defender Alexsandro and Chevalier collided, the ball ended up in the back of the net with Chevalier laid out on the ground. "We were scared," said Lille coach Bruno Genesio, who added that Chevalier had suffered "two or three broken teeth". David settled Lille nerves in the seventh minute of added time. Nice beat Angers 2-1 for a first home win since February 23 and a first win anywhere since March 1. Pablo Rosario and Ali Abdi headed the hosts 2-0 up but Nice's injury-depleted defence allowed Yassin Belkhdim space to hit back Advertisement "When you win, it's all good," smiled Nice coach Franck Haise. "We deserved the win, although if we could have spared ourselves a bit of stress at the end of the game." Nice moved up to fifth, ahead of Strasbourg and Lyon on goal difference. They are just two points behind fourth-placed Lille and four behind Marseille in second. The top three in Ligue 1 qualify automatically for the Champions League, with fourth going into the preliminary rounds. Fifth place qualifies for the Europa League and sixth for the Conference League. There will be an extra Europa League place available via the league should PSG win the French Cup final next month. ali-fjt/pb/bsp
Yahoo
14-02-2025
- Yahoo
Texas death row inmate mouths final 2-word message to victims' families before execution
A remorseful death row inmate pleaded for forgiveness and mouthed one final message before being put to death in Texas Thursday, 20 years after he killed his strip club manager and another man. Richard Lee Tabler, 46, also admitted to killing two teenage dancers at the club and said he had found God during his two decades in prison. "I had no right to take your loved ones from you, and I ask and pray, hope and pray, that one day you find it in your hearts to forgive me for those actions," Tabler said strapped to the death chamber gurney, looking at relatives of his victims who watched through a window a few feet away. "No amount of my apologies will ever return them to you." Florida Newlyweds Get Justice After Family Fishing Trip Ended In Murder He told the victims' family members that there wasn't a day that went by in which he didn't regret his actions and thanked prison officials for their compassion and show that he could "change and become a better man and rehabilitate." After apologizing several more times, Tabler said that it was the beginning of a new life for him in heaven. Read On The Fox News App He told the warden at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, "I am finished," and as the drugs began pouring into his body he mouthed once again, "I'm sorry." Tabler then began breathing quickly. After about a dozen breaths, all movement stopped. Tabler shot and killed Mohammed-Amine Rahmouni, 28, and Haitham Zayed, 25, in a remote area near Killeen in Central Texas on Thanksgiving 2004 after luring them there on the false pretense of buying stolen stereo equipment. Rahmouni was the co-owner of a club called TeaZers and the two had fallen out. Investigators said Rahmouni allegedly said he could have Tabler's family "wiped out" for $10. Two days later, Tabler shot and killed an 18-year-old dancer at the club, Tiffany Loraine Dotson, who he said he had been seeing, along with another dancer, 16-year-old Amanda Benefield. Tabler was convicted of killing the two men and sentenced to death, so prosecutors didn't need to pursue the conviction for the young women's murders, Paul McWilliams, who prosecuted Tabler nearly two decades ago, told USA Today. "The murder of the men was as cold-blooded as it could be," McWilliams said. "The killing of the girls was just senseless. There was absolutely no reason for that." Bryan Kohberger Case: Idaho Makes Key Move On Firing Squad Executions Dotson's father, George, was among the witnesses. He declined to comment on Tabler's apologies, saying he needed time to process what he had just seen but was glad to have seen it. "I couldn't wait," he said. "It took me 20 years to get here." "Today is for Tiffany," said her godfather, Tom Newton. "And this is justice." Click Here For The Fox News App During the sentencing phase of his trial, prosecutors introduced Tabler's written and videotaped statements saying he killed Dotson and Benefield because he was worried they would tell people he had killed the men. Tabler had asked several times for courts to stop his appeals and let him be executed. His lawyers questioned whether he was mentally competent. In 2008, he prompted a massive lockdown at the 150,000-inmate prison when he smuggled a cell phone into the facility and began making death-threat phone calls to then-state Sen. John Whitmire, who is now the mayor of Houston. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Original article source: Texas death row inmate mouths final 2-word message to victims' families before execution
Fox News
14-02-2025
- Fox News
Texas death row inmate mouths final 2-word message to victims' families before execution
A remorseful death row inmate pleaded for forgiveness and mouthed one final message before being put to death in Texas Thursday, 20 years after he killed his strip club manager and another man. Richard Lee Tabler, 46, also admitted to killing two teenage dancers at the club and said he had found God during his two decades in prison. "I had no right to take your loved ones from you, and I ask and pray, hope and pray, that one day you find it in your hearts to forgive me for those actions," Tabler said strapped to the death chamber gurney, looking at relatives of his victims who watched through a window a few feet away. "No amount of my apologies will ever return them to you." He told the victims' family members that there wasn't a day that went by in which he didn't regret his actions and thanked prison officials for their compassion and show that he could "change and become a better man and rehabilitate." After apologizing several more times, Tabler said that it was the beginning of a new life for him in heaven. He told the warden at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, "I am finished," and as the drugs began pouring into his body he mouthed once again, "I'm sorry." Tabler then began breathing quickly. After about a dozen breaths, all movement stopped. Tabler shot and killed Mohammed-Amine Rahmouni, 28, and Haitham Zayed, 25, in a remote area near Killeen in Central Texas on Thanksgiving 2004 after luring them there on the false pretense of buying stolen stereo equipment. Rahmouni was the co-owner of a club called TeaZers and the two had fallen out. Investigators said Rahmouni allegedly said he could have Tabler's family "wiped out" for $10. Two days later, Tabler shot and killed an 18-year-old dancer at the club, Tiffany Loraine Dotson, who he said he had been seeing, along with another dancer, 16-year-old Amanda Benefield. Tabler was convicted of killing the two men and sentenced to death, so prosecutors didn't need to pursue the conviction for the young women's murders, Paul McWilliams, who prosecuted Tabler nearly two decades ago, told USA Today. "The murder of the men was as cold-blooded as it could be," McWilliams said. "The killing of the girls was just senseless. There was absolutely no reason for that." Dotson's father, George, was among the witnesses. He declined to comment on Tabler's apologies, saying he needed time to process what he had just seen but was glad to have seen it. "I couldn't wait," he said. "It took me 20 years to get here." "Today is for Tiffany," said her godfather, Tom Newton. "And this is justice." During the sentencing phase of his trial, prosecutors introduced Tabler's written and videotaped statements saying he killed Dotson and Benefield because he was worried they would tell people he had killed the men. Tabler had asked several times for courts to stop his appeals and let him be executed. His lawyers questioned whether he was mentally competent. In 2008, he prompted a massive lockdown at the 150,000-inmate prison when he smuggled a cell phone into the facility and began making death-threat phone calls to then-state Sen. John Whitmire, who is now the mayor of Houston.
